I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.

HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.

People in misery is what most important in art.

To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.

People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

I must stick with Chinese language films.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

Culture, then, only truly becomes culture when it is embodied in someone.

Absolutely. Justice served with a side of pineapple. That's what I'm here for.

I really do like seeing other people perform my music. It's one of the most rewarding things for me, so it's worth the extra work.

We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.

Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part of the face.

When I speak or when I offer ideas and explain how the universe seems to work from the point of view that I've understood, it seems to give people a lift - an unshackling or freeing.

A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

I do think that it is one of the eternal questions about art, though - is all art intrinsically selfish?